Mushrooms ‘cut breast cancer risk by two-thirds’
Eating one portion of mushrooms each day could protect women from developing breast cancer, according to new research.
The Chinese study showed that women who ate at least a third of an ounce of mushrooms every day were 64 per cent less likely to develop a tumour.
An even bigger reduction of 90 per cent was seen when women consumed green tea in addition to the mushrooms.
Lead researcher Dr Min Zhang, of the University of Western Australia in Perth, and her colleagues think that traditional diets, such as the one studied, may be at least partly responsible for this reduced risk.
This theory is reinforced by the rate of breast cancer in China, which is four-to-five-times lower than in other developed countries.
However, the scientists did not account for other risk factors such as weight, smoking history and exercise habits, which could have contributed to the incidence of breast cancer.
Doctors generally recommend maintaining a low-fat diet with plenty of fruit and vegetables to reduce the risk of getting breast cancer.
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